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Roderick MacKinnon

American neuroscientist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1956 · age 70

Roderick MacKinnon is an American biophysicist, neuroscientist, and businessman. He is a professor of molecular neurobiology and biophysics at Rockefeller University who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Peter Agre in 2003 for his work on the structure and operation of ion channels.

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2004Bijvoet MedalAward2003Louisa Gross Horwitz PrizeAwardNobel Prize in ChemistryAward2001Canada Gairdner International AwardAwardPerl-UNC PrizeAward2000Hodgkin-Huxley-Katz Prize LectureAward1999Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical ResearchAwardRosenstiel AwardAward1998W. Alden Spencer AwardAward1995Michael and Kate Bárány AwardAward1956Born19 February 1956

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Bijvoet Medal2004
Nobel Prize in Chemistry2003
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize2003
Canada Gairdner International Award2001
Perl-UNC Prize2001
Hodgkin-Huxley-Katz Prize Lecture2000
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research1999
Rosenstiel Award1999
W. Alden Spencer Award1998
Michael and Kate Bárány Award1995
Newcomb Cleveland Prize

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United States
Category
Scientists
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Scientist
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Dates
Born 1956 · age 70